[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 22, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, on behalf of the leader, I ask 
unanimous consent that the Senate immediately proceed to executive 
session to consider the following nomination on the Executive Calendar: 
Executive Calendar No. 280.
  I ask unanimous consent that the nomination be confirmed, the motion 
to reconsider be laid upon the table, any statements relating to the 
nomination appear at this point in the Record, the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate then return 
to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination was considered and confirmed, as follows:


                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

       David J. Hayes, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
     Interior.

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